Bentham considers that the capacity of suffering as the key character of whether the creature should be taken into equal account as to the conclusion that mankind have direct duties to animals on the ground of utilitarianism ; peter singer ’ s animal liberation theory considers that animals should be taken into equal account of moral calculation because they can suffer according to the equal principle and utilitarian principle of utilitarianism ; tom regan ’ s animal rights theory substitutes subject - of - life for person of kant , animals are also the subject of life and have inherent value , so they have the equal rights of attaining respect ; mary warren ’ s weak animal rights theory amends the strong animal rights theory of tom regan ; gary l . francione ’ s animal rights theory animadverts on the utilitarian animal rights theory of bentham and peter singer 動(dòng)物權(quán)利論者們從各自的角度論述動(dòng)物權(quán)利的成立,許多國(guó)家制定了保護(hù)動(dòng)物權(quán)利的動(dòng)物福利法,西方各國(guó)的動(dòng)物福利法趨向完善,東亞部分國(guó)家和地區(qū)也相繼制定了動(dòng)物福利法,但我國(guó)法律在這方面尚為空白。本文主要梳理和總結(jié)了動(dòng)物權(quán)利理論的發(fā)展演進(jìn)過(guò)程以及動(dòng)物權(quán)利的概念、當(dāng)代世界動(dòng)物權(quán)利法律保護(hù)實(shí)踐情況以及我國(guó)動(dòng)物權(quán)利法律保護(hù)體系的現(xiàn)狀及未來(lái)三個(gè)問(wèn)題,對(duì)我國(guó)動(dòng)物權(quán)利法律保護(hù)現(xiàn)狀進(jìn)行分析,得出應(yīng)在適應(yīng)我國(guó)國(guó)情的基礎(chǔ)上建構(gòu)動(dòng)物權(quán)利法律保護(hù)體系并提出了自己的建議。